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Minto, par. and vil., Roxburghshire, on river Teviot - par., 5601 ac., pop. 433; the vil. is 1½ mile E. of Hassendean ry. sta. and 6 miles NE. of Ha wick; Minto House is the seat of the Earl of Minto; Minto Hills, 2 rounded heights, are 905 and 836 ft. high; and rising above the Teviot are Minto Crags (729 ft.), to which allusion is made in Scott's Lay of the Last Minstrel.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Minto Parish Roxburghshire County |
| Place: | Minto |
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